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Punch Newspapers Sections ENIOLA AKINKUOTU Published 12:12 am In this piece, ENIOLA AKINKUOTU examines the life and times of activist, Yinka Odumakin, who died of COVID-19 complications on Friday Soldiers are formed not within the confines of quotidian comforts, but in the middle of struggles against tribulations in pursuit of a higher cause. This perhaps explains why the All Progressives Congress leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, said on Saturday that the story of Nigeria’s current democratic di...

BREAKING: Aggrieved Politicians Behind Imo Attacks –Governor Uzodinma “So, it is not about IPOB. Yes, we agree, we have aggrieved IPOB members but I can tell you those who are doing this destruction, most of them were brought in from outside Imo State.” by SaharaReporters, New York Apr 07, 2021 Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has said aggrieved politicians sponsored the attacks on police headquarters and correctional centre in Owerri, the state capital, on Monday. Uzodinma spoke ...

Ekiti Assembly bye-election: Five parties vie to fill vacant seat The parties involved include AA, APC, APGA, PDP, and YPP. ADVERTISEMENT Five parties have been cleared to contest in Saturday’s bye-election for the Ekiti East Constituency (1) of the State House of Assembly. INEC’s Electoral Commissioner in Ekiti, Adeniran Tella, made this known at a stakeholders meeting held in Omuo Ekiti, the headquarters of Ekiti East Local Government Area on Tuesdsy. The seat was vacant filling the death...

EFCC Secretly Grills Fashola Over Ex-FIRS Chair, Fowlers Loot, Asset Documents It was gathered that Fasholas questioning was related to the corrupt practices tied to his questionable assets declaration and the ongoing probe of Fowler, both of whom are close to former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. by SaharaReporters, New York Mar 16, 2021 Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have grilled the Minister of Works and Hou...

Punch Newspapers Sections Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki Published 15 March 2021 TWO aides of Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, have resigned their appointments and announced their defection to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. Mr. Amaechi Oken, a Senior Technical Assistant to the Governor and Benjamin Obaji, a Technical Assistant, tendered their letters of resignation early this month. In their resignation letters dated March 1 and March 8, 2021, respectively, the...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 14 March 2021 The senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for Ogun East in the 2019 general elections, Adeola Sosanwo, has defected to the All Progressives Congress. Sosanwo said he joined the APC to collaborate with the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun. He said, “I have always been an APC person but was hijacked by the PDP due to the fact that I wasn’t getting due recognition under the previous government of Senator Ibikunle Amosun. “I ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki Published 14 March 2021 Two aides of Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, have resigned their appointments with the state government. The duo, Mr Amaechi Oken, a Senior Technical Assistant to the Governor and Apostle Benjamin Obaji, a Technical Assistant, resigned their appointments this month (March). In their resignation letters dated March 1 and March 8, 2021, respectively, the Governor’s aides cited non-payment o...

Punch Newspapers Sections John Alechenu, Abuja There are strong indications that a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Oladimeji Bankole, is set to defect from the Action Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. This followed a meeting between Bankole, the Chairman of the APC Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni; and his Jigawa State counterpart, Abubakar Badaru, in Abuja, on Friday. It was gathered that ...

There are strong indications that former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Oladimeji Bankole, is set to dump the Action Democratic Party, to...

ON THE GO UNICEF: Over 1m Nigerian children yet to receive vital vaccines The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says about 1.2 million children in Nigeria are yet to benefit from essential vaccines.Advertisement The figure accounts for about six per cent of 20... Governors meet in state house over financial autonomy State governors are in an ongoing meeting at the state house, Abuja, to deliberate on several issues including the nationwide strike by the Judicial Staff ...